1918 Map of College Corner

About this map

College Corner straddles the Indiana Ohio Boundary Line in this early twentieth-century survey, which reveals a landscape of rural hamlets and emerging transportation corridors. While much of the western quadrangle remains a Preliminary Edition Unsurveyed Area, the eastern portion detail is dense with localized features, from the clustered homes of West Florence to the remote School No 3. The Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western railroad cuts diagonally across the lower section, serving as a vital link for the border community near Talawanda Springs. This map captures the region's hydrography in detail, tracing the path of Talawanda Creek and the small tributaries like Harkers Run and Bull Run that define the drainage of the Israel and Dixon townships before the widespread modernization of the local road network.